Bottling-machine.



' Patented May [3, I902.

H. GBUENEBAUM. BOTTLING MACHINE.

(Application filed Map. '7, 1899.)

(No Model.)

QM gag/1471354445 UNITED STATEs-PATE T IQFFICE.

HENRY GRUENEBAUM, OF NEW YORK N. Y.

"BOTT-LINHG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,917, dated May 13,1902.

Application filed Mareh 7, 1899. Serial No. 703.15fi- N model To allwhom it mag concern: as to be readily adjustable within said step- Be itknown that I, HENRY GRUENEBAUM; pers. The vent-tubes 10 have their uppera citizen of the United States of America, and ends supported at aboutthe level of the source 5 a resident of New York city, county andStateof supply -to wit, the keg land preferably 5 of New York, have inventedcertain new and I have them connected to an overflow-tank usefulImprovements in Bottling Apparatus; 11*by a series of inlet-openings 1212, due. of which the following is a specification. These inlet-openings.should be somewhat My invention relates to beer-bottlingapabove the level of the bottom of the tank 11. 6o paratus in general,and ismore specifically An additional supply-tube 14 is connected to :0designed to produce an automatically-oper- .anoutlet 13 from the bottomof said overflowating apparatusl which can be employed to' tank 11,'andthis additional'feed-tube leads to fill a number of bottles at the sametime witha bottle 15. The stoppers 9 9, &c., areinserted out danger ofoverflowing or otherwise wast in a series of bottles16 16 &c., which areto 65 ing any portion of the beer. As the beer will be filled withthejbeer. The overflow-tank r 5 stop flowing freely when its levelreaches the 11 may be supported in any convenient manend of extensionthe adjustment of such ner, but I prefer to support it by means of aextension will regulate theextent to which chain or strap 17, passing.around the air:

the bottle is to be filled. inlet 2. 70

The preferred form of apparatus embody- The method of operation of myinvention 20 ing my invention is illustrated in the accomis as follows:The air-inlet 2 and the faucet panying sheet of drawings, in which- 3being driven into the keg-openings,- the Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the appastoppers 9 9, &c., are inserted in a vrow of ratus; Fig. 2 isa detail sectional view showbottles 16 16 &c., andthe additional feed- 75 ing the bottle-stopper with feed and vent tube leisinsertedin thebottle 15. The valves tubes passing th'erethrough; 6 6 are then. openedand beer flowsdown Throughout the drawingslike refercncafigthrough thefeed-tubes 8 8 into the bottles ures refer to like parts. i 16 16 Theair in said bottles passes out The beer-keg 1 has the ordinaryair-inletthrough the vent-tubes 10 and permits afree 8o 2, constructed with aninwardly opening fiow of liquid through the feed-tubes. When 0 valve, sothat when theapparatus is driven the level of the fluid-in the bottleshas risen into the bung of the keg none of the contained to the mouth ofthe extension 10 of the ventgas can escape, butwhich allows air to outertube, the free flow of beer will be checked and permit the free flow ofbeerfrom the keg and a further slow fioW will force beer up 85 wheneverthe pressure within the keg beinto the vent-tubes 10. The vent-tube andcomes less than the. pressure of the atmosfeed-tube should then beseized together at phere; A combination-faucet 3 has a single about thepoint 18 between the thumb and inlet-tube 4, which is driven into theoutletforefinger of the operator and withdrawn openin gin thehead oftheke'g by pounding the from the filled bottle and inserted in an empty0 solid projection 7 with a mallet or other conbottle. Thus bypractically one motion the 4b venient tool; This'projection 7 isin fineoperatorchecks the free flow of beer-through with the inlet-tube 4.The'faucet has a pluthe feed-tube or itsrunningout of th'e'ventrality ofdischarge-openingso 5, &c., which tube, if any iscontainedith'erein,Iwitlidraws are preferably controlled by their valves6 the stopper, andinserts itinthe emptybottle 5 6, the. A plurality offeed-tubes 8 8, &c., without the manipulation of valves or other areconnected to the discharge-openings 5 5, complicated apparatus.Erequent'repeti- &c., and lead to a series of bottle-stoppers 9, tion ofthis operation or:delay-i n-removing through which the feed-tubes pass.A pluthe stopper. from .the filledj bottle may accurality of vent-tubes10, of relatively much mulate enough beer in the vent-tube 10 to fillIOO smaller diameter than the feed-tubes, also the same; but even thiswill not be lost, as, extend through the bottle-stoppers 9. Prefthe mostthat can happen will be the forcing erably a metallic extension 10 ofsaid ventof this fluid by the upwardly-passing air into e extendsthrough the bottle-stoppers,- so the overflow-tank 11, and the beer soaccumulating in this tank will run out of the tube 14 to the bottle 15.The inlets to the tank 11 from the vent-tubes are placed above the levelof the bottom of the tank, so that the discharged beer will neveraccumulate a suilicient quantity to cover said inlets, and thus bykeeping the vent-tubes full of beer partially interfere with the freedischarge of the air from the bottles which are being filled. When thekeg is empty, the apparatus is transferred to another keg.

The advantages of myinvention reside, first,-

in the fact that there can be no loss of beer even if the operatorshould go away and leave the apparatus; second, in the simplicity of it,there being no valves to operate; third, in the consequentrapidity ofoperation, one man being able to keep the machine operating 011 a largenumber of bottles at the same time. The certainty of operation of myinvention, moreover, is such that an inexperienced person can use itwith as little waste of beer as an expert.

It is evident, of con rse, that various changes could be made in thedetails of construction shown Without departing from the spirit andscope of my invention so long as the relative arrangement of parts shownin the drawings or the principle of operation described in thespecification is retained. Other forms of overflow-tanks, faucets, andstoppers might be substituted, &e.; but these I regard as mere changesin form, and the resultant apparatus would still be within the scope ofmy invention.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto protect by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottling apparatus the combination of the keg-faucet, the freeflexible feed-tube connected to said faucet, the bottle-stopper throughwhich the lower end of said feed-tube passes, the free flexiblevent-tube also passing through said stopper and of approximately equallength with the feed-tube, and means for supporting the upper end ofsaid vent-tube at or about the level of the faucet, said upper end ofsaid vent-tube being open to the atmosphere,together with the overfiottank having a connection with the vent-tube above the level of thebottom of said tank.

2. In a bottling apparatus the combination of the keg-faucet, the freeflexible feed-tube connected to said faucet, the bottle-stopper throughwhich the lower end of said feedtube passes, the free flexible vent-tubealso passing through said stopper and of approximately equal length withthe feed-tube, and means for supporting the upper end of said vent-tubeat or about the level of the faucet, said upper end of said vent-tubebeing open to the atmosphere, together with the overflow-tank having aconnection with the venttube above the level of the bottom of the tank,and the additional feed-tube connected to the lowest part of saidoverflow-tank.

3. In a bottling apparatus, the combination of the keg and faucettherefor, the free flexible feed-tube connected to said faucet, thebottle-stopper through which the lower end of said feed-tube passes, thefree flexible vent-tube also passing through said stopper, and ofapproximately equal length with the feed-tube, and means for supportingthe upper end of said vent-tube at or about the level of the faucet,said upper end of said vent-' tube being open to the atmosphere,together :with the overflow-tank supported on the keg and having aconnection with the vent-tube above the level of the bottom of saidtank.

Signed by me at New York city, county of New York, this 1st day ofMarch, 1899.

HENRY GRUENEBAUM. \Vitnesses:

A. PARKER-SMITH, LILIAN Fos'rER.

